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1946- L. M. MOSSELLER RUG Filed July 27, 1945 INVENTOI. [illian 771.770M diiorn ey Patented Oct. 15, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RUGLillian M. Mosseller, New York, N. Y.

Application July 27, 1945, Serial No. 607,444

3 Claims.

This invention relates to looped, or so-called hooked rugs, wherein aseries of loops are placed in a backing fabric, the latter beinggenerally of burlap or similar material, the loops arising from thebacking and forming a suitable design or pattern.

The type of hooked rug now Widely in use at the present time, is soconstructed that the loops which arise from the backing fabric aredisposed above one face only of the backing, so that the rug is, ineffect, a single-faced one and is arranged to be used with the raisedloops on the one face disposed uppermost.

An object of the present invention is to provide a looped or hooked rugin which the loops arise, in designated areas, from both faces of thebacking or ground fabric, whereby the rug is twosided and is reversible,presenting on its opposite sides two difierent patterns or designs sothat by merely reversing the rug on the floor, the aspect of a differentrug is secured and the life of a rug of this kind is materiallyincreased.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a hooked rug of thischaracter, an arrangement by which a complete design is provided on oneface of the rug by the loops arising from that face, and anothercomplete design is provided on the opposite face of the rug by loopsarising from the latter face, the loops forming the latter design beingdisposed in and filling the spaces between the design elements formed bythe loops in the first group.

More particularly, the invention contemplates the provision of a rug ofthis character whereby a design or pattern is provided on one face ofthe rug by a plurality of loops arising from said face, said pattern ordesign being such that its pattern elements provide spaces between them,the arrangement of said spaces providing a pattern that is complementaryto the pattern formed by the the pattern elements being filled by loopsdisposed oppositely to those in the first group, whereby those in thesecond group form a loop pattern on the second face of the rug.

These and other objects are attained by the construction hereinafterdescribed and more particularly pointed out in the claims appendedhereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a parthereof, in which Fig. 1 is a view of one face of a rug constructed inaccordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a View of the opposite face ofthe rug, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view through a portion of the rug,showing aforementioned loop groups; the spaces between how the groups ofloops appear in specified areas on opposite faces of the rug.

As is well known in this art, hooked rugs of the conventionalconstruction usually consist of a base or foundation fabric of burlap orsimilar fabric, often termed a backing, and the loops are insertedthrough the base material in such a manner that they arise from one faceonly of the same. The loops are usually arranged in groups or areas ofsuitable color to provide designs or patterns. In other words, in thepast, it has been customary to insert all of the loops from the sameside of the base fabric so that the upstanding loop portions, which aresometimes cut or cropped to form them into pile, are all located on oneface or side of the fabric, so that the resultant rug is consequentlyone-sided.

The present invention contemplates the provision of loops arrangedwithin certain designated areas, to arise from one face of the fabric,and with other loops located in the intervening spaces between those ofthe first pattern, to arise from the opposite face of the fabric. Theresult is that a rug is provided in which a certain pattern exists onone face by the loops arising from that face, and in which a secondpattern is produced on the opposite face of the rug by loops arisingfrom that face. This will be more clearly comprehended by reference tothe drawing, wherein I indicates the rug, provided with the burlap orother fabric base material or backing 2. One group of loops is shown at3, these loops being suitably arranged to form the various geometricalpattern elements designated at 5 in Fig. 1. It

, will be observed that the loops 3, grouped to form the patternelements 5, arise from the face 6 of the base fabric 2, so that when therug is placed on the floor with the face 6 uppermost, the effect seen inFig. 1 will then be had, with the raised loop portions 3 providing theelevated pattern or design made up of the pattern elements 5.

The pattern elements 5 are preferably in spaced relation, with theintervening spaces between them made up of loops 4 inserted oppositelyto those indicated at 3, the loops 4 so inserted, arising from the faceI of the base fabric 2 and thus forming a distinct pattern or design inthe manner shown in Fig, 2, such pattern being made up of the designelements located between those indicated at 5 on the opposite face ofthe base fabric 2.

The manufacture of a rug of this character, wherein certain groups ofloops arise from one face of the base fabric and a second group arisesfrom the opposite face, requires no extraordinary manufacturingoperation. One group of loops is inserted from one side of the base andthe rug is then turned over and the second group inserted from theopposite side. Conventional hooked rug needles or loopers, or any othermanual or mechanical looping devices may be used.

In the selection of a pattern or design to be employed in themanufacture of rugs of this character, it is desirable that the designelements formed by the groups of loops on one face of the rug, becomplementary to the loops rising from the opposite face of the rug, andthat the design elements be such that those presented on each face ofthe rug shall form a harmonious, artistic and attractive pattern. I havefound that geometrical figures are very satisfactory as design elements,although of course, many other types and arrangements of thedesign'elements may be used to produce novel and interesting effects.

It is common practice, in the manufacture of hooked rugs, to often cutor crop the loops to thereby form the same into pile. Therefore, inherein referring to loops, I wish to be understood as meaning not onlythe uncut loops but also the cut loops or the pile produced by cuttingof the loops.

Having described my invention, what I claim 1. In a hooked rug, a basefabric, a pattern formed thereon by loops inserted therethrough, saidloops arising from one face of the base fabric a second pattern formedon the opposite face of the base fabric by loops inserted through thebase fabric and arising from the last-mentioned face thereof whereby thebase fabric carries a pattern formed of loops on each of its faces, thepattern on one face being located in areas situated between the patternelements on the other face.

2. In a hooked rug, a base fabric, a series of loops arranged in apattern composed of spaced pattern elements arising from one face of thebase fabric, a second series of loops located in the spaces between thepattern elements of the first series, the second series arising from thesecond face of the base fabric.

3. In a hooked rug, as provided for in claim 2, wherein the loops in thesecond series form pattern elements, whereby a different loop pattern isprovided on each face of the base fabric.

LILLIAN M. MOSSELLER.

